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'''Miles Taylor''' is an American former government official who specialises in security and international relations. He was formerly a [[Trump administration]] appointee who served in the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] from 2017 to 2019, including as [[Chief of Staff]] to former [[DHS|Homeland Security]] Secretary [[Kirstjen Nielsen]] and Acting Secretary [[Chad Wolf]]. |
'''Miles Taylor''' is an American former government official who specialises in security and international relations. He was formerly a [[Trump administration]] appointee who served in the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] from 2017 to 2019, including as [[Chief of Staff]] to former [[DHS|Homeland Security]] Secretary [[Kirstjen Nielsen]] and Acting Secretary [[Chad Wolf]]. |
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In August 2020, while on leave from his job at [[Google]], he produced an ad for [[Republican Voters Against Trump]], denouncing Trump and endorsing [[Joe Biden]] in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]]. Taylor was the first former senior Trump administration staffer to endorse Biden. As of August 2020, he is the highest-ranking former member of the administration to endorse Biden. In October 2020, he revealed himself to to be the anonymous |
In August 2020, while on leave from his job at [[Google]], he produced an ad for [[Republican Voters Against Trump]], denouncing Trump and endorsing [[Joe Biden]] in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]]. Taylor was the first former senior Trump administration staffer to endorse Biden. As of August 2020, he is the highest-ranking former member of the administration to endorse Biden. In October 2020, he revealed himself to to be the anonymous member of [[I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration]] and the bestelling book [[A Warning (book)]]. <ref> https://milestaylor.medium.com/a-statement-a13bc5173ee9 </ref> |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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Revision as of 19:41, 28 October 2020
Miles Taylor | |
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| Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of Homeland Security | |
| In office February 8, 2019 – November, 2019[1] | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Chad Wolf |
| Succeeded by | John Gountanis (acting)[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Indiana University Bloomington (BA) New College, Oxford (MPhil) |
Miles Taylor is an American former government official who specialises in security and international relations. He was formerly a Trump administration appointee who served in the United States Department of Homeland Security from 2017 to 2019, including as Chief of Staff to former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Acting Secretary Chad Wolf.
In August 2020, while on leave from his job at Google, he produced an ad for Republican Voters Against Trump, denouncing Trump and endorsing Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Taylor was the first former senior Trump administration staffer to endorse Biden. As of August 2020, he is the highest-ranking former member of the administration to endorse Biden. In October 2020, he revealed himself to to be the anonymous member of I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration and the bestelling book A Warning (book). [3]
Early life and education
Taylor grew up in La Porte, Indiana and graduated from La Porte High School in 2006 as valedictorian.[4] He received a Bachelor of Arts in international security studies from Indiana University Bloomington, which he attended as a Harry S. Truman Scholar and Herman B. Wells Scholar.[5] As a senior, he received IU's inaugural Presidential Student Internship.[6]
He received an MPhil in International Relations from New College, Oxford, which he attended as a Marshall Scholar.[5]
Career
In 2007, while in college, he interned in the office of the Secretary of Defense and the office of Vice President Dick Cheney.[6] In 2008, he worked as Briefing Book coordinator at the Department of Homeland Security.[6] In 2009 he served as a regional policy intern for the Defense Department.[6]
Taylor was a political appointee in the administration of George W. Bush.[5] He was a staffer for the House Appropriations Committee and then the Committee on Homeland Security, where he was advisor to its chair, Michael McCaul.[5] He was McCaul's chief speechwriter and the Majority Staff Lead for the congressional Task Force on Combating Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel.[5] In 2015 he was named a Penn Kemble Fellow by the National Endowment for Democracy.[7]
From 2017 to 2019 Taylor worked at the Department of Homeland Security, including serving as Chief of Staff for Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf.[8] In August 2020, Taylor said that in April 2019 he had personally witnessed President Trump offer Homeland Security staff federal pardons for any criminal prosecution arising from their actions in stopping illegal immigration to the United States, and at that point Taylor decided to resign from the Department.[9][1] White House spokesman Judd Deere rejected Taylor's allegations, and described him as "another creature of the D.C. Swamp who never understood the importance of the President's agenda or why the American people elected him and clearly just wants to cash-in".[10]
In September 2019 Taylor was hired by Google as a government affairs and public policy manager with a title of Head of National Security.[11][12] He is a senior fellow at Auburn University's McCrary Center for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[13]
Campaigning for Joe Biden
In August 2020 he took a leave from Google to support Joe Biden's presidential campaign.[14] He made an ad for Republican Voters Against Trump, denouncing Trump and endorsing Biden in the 2020 presidential election.[14][15] Conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin said it was possibly "the most compelling of the 2020 election cycle".[16] Taylor wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Post also in August 2020;[8] Rubin said it "adds detail to what we could have only surmised was the story behind chaotic policy rollouts."[16] The next day, Taylor appeared on multiple news and analysis shows saying that other former members of the Trump administration were considering speaking out similarly.[17]
Journalist Judy Woodruff asked Taylor in a PBS NewsHour interview why he had spoken out when he did rather than immediately after leaving the administration. Taylor responded,
If I had come out and talked about Donald Trump a year ago, when I left the administration, he's a master of distraction. He would have buried it within a day, and it wouldn't have mattered to voters. But, right now, American voters are reviewing the president's resume...so, I think there's no more important time for me or other ex-Trump officials to come out and actually talk about what the experience was inside the administration and what kind of man sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.[18]
Taylor was the first former senior Trump administration staffer to endorse Biden.[19] As of August 2020, he is the highest-ranking former member of the administration to endorse Biden.[17]
'Anonymous'
On October 28, 2020, CNN announced on-air that Taylor revealed himself to be "Anonymous", the author of the New York Times September 5, 2018 op-ed, I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration and the 2019 book, 'A Warning.'[20]
Personal life
Taylor is a lifelong member of the Republican Party.[18][21][22]
References
- ^ a b Solender, Andrew. "'If You Get In Trouble I'll Pardon You': Ex-DHS Official Miles Taylor Says Trump Promised Protection For Illegal Policies". Forbes.
- ^ "Leadership". Department of Homeland Security. September 7, 2006.
- ^ https://milestaylor.medium.com/a-statement-a13bc5173ee9
- ^ "Local News - Hometown News Now". hometownnewsnow.com. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d e "Miles Taylor". National Endowment for Democracy. September 22, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d "LaPorte student who served in Cheney office named IU intern". nwitimes.com. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2015-2016 Penn Kemble Fellows". National Endowment for Democracy. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Taylor, Miles. "Opinion | At Homeland Security, I saw firsthand how dangerous Trump is for America". Washington Post. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- ^ Blake, Aaron (August 26, 2020). "Analysis | Miles Taylor's very serious allegations against Trump, explained". Washington Post.
- ^ "Former Trump administration official calls his presidency "terrifying"". CBS News. August 18, 2020.
- ^ "Google Hired A Former Top DHS Staffer Who Once Defended The Travel Ban". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- ^ Palmer, Anna; Sherman, Jake. "POLITICO Playbook: Behind the president's struggles with impeachment". POLITICO. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- ^ "Miles Taylor". mccrary.auburn.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Elias, Jennifer (August 18, 2020). "Former Trump staffer who joined Google is now on leave to support Biden". CNBC. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- ^ Diamond, Jeremy; Tapper, Jake; Warren, Michael (August 17, 2020). "Former senior Trump administration official endorses Joe Biden". CNN. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Rubin, Jennifer (August 18, 2020). "Opinion | A former DHS official is putting other Trump insiders to shame". Washington Post. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Faulders, Katherine (August 18, 2020). "Former DHS official now backing Biden warns Trump others will speak out". ABC News. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Why this former DHS official under Trump is endorsing Biden". PBS NewsHour. 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ "Ex-DHS official: Trump appeared to side with Team Russia". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ Shear, Michael D. (October 28, 2020). "Miles Taylor, a Former Homeland Security Official, Reveals He Was 'Anonymous'" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "'Second term would be more dangerous:' Lifelong Republican Miles Taylor blasts Trump, endorses Biden". ABC7 Chicago. 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Ex-DHS official: I fear Trump will do this to make the election difficult". The Penn. Retrieved 2020-08-20.